2. Life Cycle Research

The Lifecycle is a perfect three act story

• ACT 1 The Egg turns into Larva/Caterpillar
• ACT 2 The Caterpillar turns into the Pupa
• ACT 3 And the Pupa turns into butterfly which in turn lays eggs (Making it a cycle)

ACT 1 – THE EGG

• The Eggs have a hard-shell
• They are stuck to leaves by a glue
• Some species lay one egg at a time, others lay eggs in small clusters, while others lays hundreds at a time.
• On the underside of the leaf

Transition – Out Hatches the Caterpillar it gnaws its way out of the egg

ACT 2 – THE CATERPILLAR

• Cause Damage to Plants and Fruit
• Consume Leafs and Spend there life pretty much doing this
• Some are Insectivores but most are Herbivores
• They mature, during what is called instars they get new skins

 

• They then go through the stage called Apolysis, of which the cuticle separates from the epidermis.

Transition –

• When fully grown the Larva starts producing certain hormones which cause it to seek for a suitable place to pupate
• The make a button out of silk which they use to fasten to a twig of leaf.
• The larva transforms into pupa, it sheds it skin and underneath is a Chrysalis
• The larva performs metamorphosis inside the Chrysalis. It transforms into the adult butterfly.

ACT 3 – THE BUTTERFLY

• They have four wings and six legs
• It cannot fly until the wings have completely unfolded
• Most excrete a dye after they have hatched
• The have a short life time. and dont eat only eat through their proboscis

Transition / End – The butterfly then continues the cycle by laying an egg or multiple egg.